dave mcbride

FO had the Bills as the second best defense in the NFL last season. They're believers.

He didn't say they were bad. He is simply saying that they have an incredibly easy schedule. Which they do.

In that sort of situation -- i.e., a genuinely automatic FG in an extremely short down/distance situation -- the only thing you should be playing is the fake. Don't waste effort trying block a chip shot. It's shorter than the old extra point, and they had something like a 99.5 percent success rate the year before they moved the ball back. It shouldn't have surprised them because the only thing they should have been defending against was the fake. Don't try to block an old-school extra point. It never works.

I worry for Darnold. His new moniker could end up being "The Ghost of Butt Fumbles Future."

He caught 71.4 percent of the passes thrown his way during his time in Atlanta (and 79 percent this year). He's also big, durable, and coachable.

They still have 12 picks! Draft picks are overrated anyway, as the Pats have shown year after year after year.

It sure is.

He also loves guys who catch the balls thrown their way. Sanu's catch percentage the last four seasons with Atlanta is 71.4 percent, and he's at 78.6 percent this year. This is a very good addition to the Pats receiving corps.

Patriots are now down to only 12 picks next year! - 1st round (own)- 3rd round (own)- 3rd round (projected compensatory pick: Trey Flowers)- 3rd round (projected compensatory pick: Trent Brown)- 4th round (via Chicago Bears)- 6th round (via Houston Texans: Keion Crossen trade)- 6th round (via Denver Broncos: Duke Dawson trade)- 6th round (projected compensatory pick: Malcom Brown)- 6th round (projected compensatory pick: Cordarrelle Patterson)- 7th round (via Seattle Seahawks)- 7th round (via Falcons)- 7th round (via Philadelphia Eagles)

Either that or there's a data-informed change going on with regard to valuation of draft picks versus players with a history of production.

If you go to the Jets boards, you’ll see those types of threads.

Save your worries for Tua next season.

Dude, you are fighting an inconsequential sideshow battle while ignoring the real issue. I said things like that about Brady in 2013.

I can.

Just why? Why aren't you rooting for a debilitating-but-not-crippling stress fracture for Brady? What the hell is wrong with people enjoying their longtime captors practicing late-game sadism against a likely 4-12 team?

You’re really enjoying watching the Pats administer a beatdown to an inferior opponent? Christ. That is the Very definition of Stockholm Syndrome.

Agreed!

Both qbs have looked like complete crap against the pats.

Annoying stat of the year: after tonight, the 3 qbs in the league drafted by the pats will be 17-2 (brady, garrapolo, anD brissett).

A-.

I'm talking about production from the QB position. As I mentioned earlier, there is no bigger believer in team passer rating as a predictive stat than me, but at the same time when faced with a unicorn like Jackson (who, barring injury, is on pace to rush for 1,316 yards), you have to adjust your perspective to account for rare production that doesn't roll up into the passer rating formula.

In that game in which he had a rating of 84.9, he had 19 rushes for 152 yards and the Baltimore offense had over 500 yards.

This play really annoyed me. On the previous play, Knox had that really bad drop, and Allen threw it to him again right away the next play because, you know, gotta pick your guy up and let him know that you believe in him. Noble thoughts, I guess, but he was locked in on Knox to a fault and missed this easy first down pass to Brown. Knox was blanketed on the play.